Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 October 1969.
Mr Tony Benn
, Bristol South East
12:00,
13 October 1969
Questions about that would normally be addressed to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity, but my reply on the question of the T.U.C.'s rôle now is—not at this stage in respect of negotiations currently going on between the board and the union.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
